Training Course in Planning, Organizing and Controlling Projects
1Summary
A project rarely fails because its goal was wrong – it usually fails because nobody defined the scope clearly enough, built a workable schedule, or knew how to react when the plan and reality started to diverge. Getting from a project charter to a delivered result, on budget and on time, is a skill set on its own.
This Training Course in Planning, Organizing and Controlling Projects by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy equips participants to define a clear project scope statement and work breakdown structure, build KPIs to monitor schedule and budget, assess project feasibility through capital budgeting techniques, and plan the involvement of strategic partners while managing their expectations.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Senior executives.
- Project and program managers.
- Members and teams of project management offices.
- Project stakeholders and supervisors.
- Anyone with a professional interest in the field.
Knowledge and Benefits:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Apply a set of techniques and tools for planning, organising and monitoring projects, choosing the methods best suited to project size and type.
- Set realistic project targets and ensure delivery against the agreed time frame and budget.
- Prepare accurate, actionable plans covering costs, timelines, tasks and available resources.
- Assess the real impact of problems and changes on resources, schedule and cost.
- Present an honest picture of progress achieved, and motivate the project team using effective communication skills.
3Course Content
- Module 1: Planning Projects for Defined Results
- Building work breakdown structures around the desired outcome.
- Estimating and scheduling business activities, and the value of qualitative risk analysis.
- Developing contingency plans and determining the appropriate major project stages.
- Module 2: Project Foundations and Stakeholder Engagement
- Reviewing the project life cycle, and the procedures for starting a project and defining its scope and specifications.
- Clarifying the various roles, responsibilities and limits related to the project.
- Managing and engaging stakeholders, and understanding project-related cash flows.
- Module 3: Organizing and Controlling the Project
- Managing specific project stages and controlling the project through information management.
- Project cost management essentials – what you actually need to learn.
- Using network diagrams and Gantt charts, plus knowing when and how to negotiate.
- Module 4: Monitoring, Change and Communication
- Addressing changes and challenges that affect projects, and monitoring them effectively.
- Project control systems, activity coding, and calculating earned values.
- Building an effective communication plan around the project.
- Module 5: Leading People and Managing Resources
- The leadership qualities needed to achieve results, and the keys to effective influence and persuasion.
- Resource scheduling and adjustments, and the relationship between time limits and costs.
- Keeping project management smooth from start to finish.
- Module 6: Course Delivery and Certification
- Courses are held across Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, England, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Australia and the United States, at times that suit your schedule.
- Delivery formats include group training on project management, individual training for maximum benefit, field and practical training under an integrated curriculum, and classroom-based theoretical training.
- Participants receive a certified certificate from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy upon completing the course.